A day after the Vakola police arrested a Manipuri woman for hitting back at a gang of men who thrashed and molested her, the bail order for her release was issued. However, the police maintain that they were not wrong to arrest the woman, even though she said she only hit the men in self-defence.

“All the Manipuri people were drunk. The woman was in a completely inebriated state and hit the accused on the head with a rock. She claims she hit the man in self-defence, but we are not here to make a judgment — the court will decide on the facts. If we had not taken the accused’s complaint against the woman, we would have been under the scanner,” said an officer from the Vakola police station in justification.